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Sth Careless Untidy Read Scrawled Scrawl Verb, Nounbre /Skrɔːl/Name /Skrɔːl Verb

Front scrawl
Back verb, nounBrE /skrɔːl/NAmE /skrɔːl/

verb


[transitive, intransitive]to write sth in a careless untidy way, making it difficult to read scribble~ sth (across/in/on/over sth) I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper.~ across/in/on/over sth Someone had scrawled all over my notes.

noun

a careless untidy way of writing; sth written in this way scribbleHer signature was an illegible scrawl. I can't be expected to read this scrawl! The paper was covered in scrawls.

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